Systems and methods for synchronizing media rendering
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorDavid Konetski
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Abstract
Systems and methods for synchronizing rendering of common content across two or more network-coupled rendering nodes by embedding a time stamp into the metadata of the content.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- transferring a piece of content, said piece of content comprising a time stamp contained in metadata of said piece of content;
- and
- wherein said time stamp is used to determine a time for rendering said piece of content.
A method of content rendering comprising:
- receiving a piece of content, said piece of content comprising a time stamp contained in metadata of said piece of content;
- and
- rendering said piece of content based on said time stamp contained in said metadata of said piece of content.
A system comprising an information handling system configured to transfer a piece of content, said piece of content comprising a time stamp contained in metadata of said piece of content, said time stamp being used to determine a time for rendering of said piece of content.
A system comprising an information handling system, said information handling system being configured to:
- receive a piece of content, said piece of content comprising a time stamp contained in metadata of said piece of content;
- and
- render said piece of content at a time based on said time stamp contained in said metadata of said piece of content.
A method of distributing media across a network, comprising:
- transferring said piece of content from a media server across said network to two or more media rendering nodes, said piece of content comprising a time stamp in said metadata of said piece of content;
- receiving said piece of content at each of said media rendering nodes;
- and
- rendering said piece of content at said two or more media rendering nodes at substantially the same time based on said time stamp contained in said metadata of said piece of content.
A media distribution system, comprising:
- two or more media rendering nodes coupled to a network, each of said two or more media rendering nodes comprising an information handling system;
- a media server coupled to said network, said media server comprising an information handling system configured to embed a time stamp into metadata of a piece of content, and to transfer said piece of content across said network to said two or more media rendering nodes;
- wherein said time stamp is used by said two or more media rendering nodes to render said piece of content at substantially the same time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.